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Checked for leak at exhaust flanges at idle and higher RPM (~1500 RPM). None found using hose to ear technique. New gaskets at heads recently with head gasket replacement. Car has MAP sensor: Warm idle = 6.5 inHg. 2500 RPM = 5.9 inHg. Drove car again logging Upstream O2 and post cat O2. Saw 4.7 V upstream O2 during decel. As low as 3.2 at WOT, 5th gear uphill 2500 RPM. Here are some screen shots of Upstream O2 =GREEN range 0-5 volts. Downstream O2 = RED range 0 - 0.9 volts. These O2 sensors have never been replaced as far as I know. 2000 Outback Limited 5 sp. 2.5L.
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Replaced wires and PCV. Checked for vacuum and exhaust leaks - none found. Bought scan tool and OBD Fusion app. Test drive today with scan tool. Bank 1,Sensor 1 wide range voltage varied from 3.7 to 4.4 volts. Bank 1, Sensor 2 voltage varied mostly inversely with Sensor 1 between near zero to 0.9. Long term fuel trim sometimes straight lined at -2.4%. Short term fuel trim varied from +2% down to -18%. On the "Dashboard" there was a O2 Sensor 1 that came setup with the software that read zero all the time. My newbie guess is that the front O2 sensor should be replaced first. Then watch the readings and see how the rear sensor reacts and replace as necessary. We live on the western slope of Colorado - no emissions checks. Mike
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Cam position sensor
mwd replied to mwd's topic in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVX
Replaced cam position sensor and now all is well. Starts every time for the past 3 weeks. -
96 OBW 2.2L MT, 126,000 miles. Sometimes won't start. Unplug cam position sensor and plug back in and it starts. CEL comes on then goes out after a few more OK starts. Code is P0340 (camshaft position sensor circuit failure). Assumed that it is the connector not making good contact and have worked on it to insure better contact, but have seen no improvement. This week it died when I hit a bump but restarted. It shows 2200 ohms across the sensor contacts. The connector reads 15K ohms from one contact to the other. Black wire shows 15K ohm to ground and the white wire shows 0.2 ohms to ground (other end connected to ECU). Sensor puts out voltage when engine is cranked. Do the cam position sensors fail intermittently? Or does this sound like a wiring problem?
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MAP Sensor Testing
mwd replied to mwd's topic in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVX
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The smell is the sulfur/phosphorus extreme pressure additive (EP). Not all synthetic gear oils smell of sulfur/phosphorus additives. Some manual transmissions prefer GL-4 80-W90 gear oils. The synchronizers like GL-4 better than GL-5. The additive that smells the worst is the additive for limited slip differentials....it is derived from whale oil.